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WHISK BROOM HOLDER.

No. 270,137. Patented Jari. 2, 1883.

pq Q45 INVBNTOR:

1o all whom ttmay concern:

UNITEDw STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH SKOOG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WHISK-BROOM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATINforming part of `Letters Patent N o. 270,137, dated January 2, 188,3.

Application filed July 18, 1882. (Model.)

Beit known that I, RUDOLPH SKooe, of the city,'county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whisk-Broom Holders, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form ot my improved holder, part being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View ot' a part of the same, taken through the line :o or, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of ythe same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ot'another t'orm ofthe same, part being broken away. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the line z z,

Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of another form of the same. y

The object of' this invent-ion is to provide re- Y ceptacles for Whisk -brooms and brushes, which shall be constructed in such a manner that the brooms and brushes can be readily putin and` taken out, and which shall be neat and orna` mental in appearance.

In the forms ot' my improvement shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 6 the frameA is made in reetangularform, with double corner posts connected by side and end rounds, and the casing B, which may be pasteboard, wood, or other suitable material, is attached tothe inner posts, leaving' the outer posts at the outside of the said casing as an ornament.

rlhe holders or whisk-clamps are provided with springs (l for supporting the broom or brush while in the holders, which may be attached to the lower end rounds of the frame A, as shown in Fig. 1, to the lower side rounds, as shown in Fig. 4, or to the upper end rounds, as shown in Fig. 6. l

The springs C can be made of any desired or convenient form that-will receive and support the shoulders ot' the broom or brush, and that will yield to allow the brush or broom to be withdrawn downward through the holder.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the springs C are made of wire, with down through the holder. Init-his case the` parts of the springs between the upper end roundsand the coils are covered with metal plates.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 the frame A is made dat and with double side posts, and the casing B is formed of two plates-one liat'andthe other curved-to form a receptacle for the broom or brush. In this case the springs Care attached to the side round of the frame, and may be made separate or connected by beingrnade of a single piece wire.

The springs C can be made of wire covered with metal plates, or of wire lwithout the metal plates, or of metal plates without Wire, the construction ot' thesprings being immaterial so long as they are so formed as to support the broom or brush and to yield to allow the said brush or broom to be drawn downward past them. y

I am aware that boxes have been employed to contain spring-clamps adapted to hold a whisk yieldingly, so that itmay be readily put in and held or readily pulled out; but

What I claim is- A whisk-holder formed of two frames connected by cross-rods, and having on each of' the lower ot' these cross-rods two spiral wire springs connected by an extension wire frame 'adapted to hold the whisk-clamps between the frames, as shown and described.

. RUDOLPH SKOOG. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM,

, C. SEDewIoK. 

